museums and institutions:
Attributed works:
I. A View from the Cascade Terrace at Chiswick, by George Lambert and Possibly William Hogarth. c.1742. 77.5 by 103 cm. Acquired 1990 with Support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the London Historic House Museums Trust.
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II. A View of Chiswick Gardens from across the New Gardens towards the Bagnio, by Pieter Andreas Rysbrack. c.1728-31. 61 by 106.7 cm. Acquired with Support from the NHMF, the NACF, the LHHMT and the Chiswick House Friends, 1995.
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III. Side-Chair, Probably by William Kent. c. 1735. Gilded Pine, 95 by 61.5 by 43.2 cm. One of Two Chairs Acquired by English Heritage, Originally from a Set of Eight Designed for Chiswick House by William Kent.
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IV. Hall Chair Designed for Chiswick House, Probably by William Kent. c.1735. Carved Mahogany, 92.6 by 61 by 48.2 cm. Acquired with Assistance from the NACF, the LHHMT and The Chiswick House Friends.
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V. Armchair. 107 by 70 by 71 cm. One of Five Giltwood Chairs Acquired by English Heritage in 1995 from a Set Supplied to Lady Burlington for Her Garden Room at Chiswick by Stephen Langley in 1735.
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VI. One of a pair of Chiswick side-tables, with carving attributed to Giovanni Battista Guelfi. c.1725. Giltwood with matching inlaid-marble tops, 84.5 by 144.5 by 67.5 cm. Acquired in 1996 with the assistance of the HLF, NACF, the Whitley Trust, the LHHMT and the Chiswick House Friends.
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VII. Henrietta Howard, 9th Countess of Suffolk, by Charles Jervas. 97.2 by 117 cm. This portrait of the mistress of George II, for whom Marble Hill House was built, belonged to her Twickenham neighbour Alexander Pope and later to Horace Walpole. Purchased by private treaty sale in 1994, with support from the NHMF, NACF and LHHMT.
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VIII. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, by Prince Hoare. c.1740-41. White Marble Bust, 71 cm. High. The Author of the Letters to His Natural Son, Chesterfield Retired to the Blackheath Villa, Now Known as the Ranger's House.
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X. 'Dwarf' cabinet, by George Bullock. 1814. Oak and ebony, with lacquered brass grilles, 144.7 by 160 by 35.6 cm. Inscribed in ink on the top edge of the uppermost drawer: 'A British Oak Cabinet presented by Her Majesty to Her Royal Highness The Princess Sophia of Gloucester. August 1814'. Princess Sophia moved to Ranger's House, Blackheath, in 1815, following her appointment as Ranger of Greenwich Park by her uncle, George III. The cabinet was sold at the house auction in 1845. It is the first securely identified example of Bullock's furniture for the Royal family and presumably commemorates the princess's appointment.
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XI. Wine cooler or 'cistern', by Sefferin Nelson after Robert Adam. c.1773. Carved mahogany with chased ormolu mounts and lead lining, 40.7 by 77.5 by 57.1 cm. Made for Kenwood where it remained until the house sale of 1922. Acquired in 1993 with support from the NACF and the LHHMT.
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XII. Lord William Beauclerk, by Christian Frederick Zincke. Miniature, from a Collection of over One Hundred Portrait Miniatures Formed Since 1988 to Complement the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, as the Gift of the Late Marie Elizabeth Jane Irving Draper.
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XIII. Giltwood torchère, designed by Robert Adam. From a design dated 1773. Carved and gilded lime, pine and mahogany, 123 cm. High. Commissioned by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynne for his London residence at 20 St James's Square, where they remained until c.1920. One of a pair acquired by English Heritage for Kenwood in 1990.
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XIV. Pair of pier glasses and side-tables, attributed to William France. c.1760. Glasses, 175 by 116 cm. (each); tables, 80 by 113 by 59 cm. (each). Part of the furnishings at Kenwood from the mid-eighteenth century until they were sold at the Kenwood auction in 1922. Purchased by private treaty sale in 1994, with support from the NHMF, NACF, and LHHMT.
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XIX. Pair of Wine-Coolers, by Paul Storr. Hallmarked 1832. Silver, 27.4 cm. High (Each). Purchased by the NHMF on Behalf of English Heritage, 1990, as Part of the Contents of Brodsworth Hall.
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XV. Two girls dressing a kitten by candlelight, by Joseph Wright of Derby. c.1768-70. 90.8 by 72.4 cm. Acquired through the 'Acceptance in Lieu' Scheme, by English Heritage for Kenwood in 1996 with support from the NHMF, the NACF, the LHHMT and the Friends of Kenwood.
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XVI. Marguerite Hyde, 19th Countess of Suffolk, by John Singer Sargent. 243.8 by 129.9 cm. Daisy Leiter, the daughter of an American multimillionaire, married Henry, 19th Earl of Suffolk and 12th Earl of Berkshire, in 1904. It was her wish that the Suffolk Collection should be given to the nation. Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Greville Howard, daughter-in-law of the sitter, to hang at Ranger's House, 1994.
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XVII. Le pêcheur, by François Boucher and studio. 98 by 80 cm. The pendant to the first painting purchased by Lord Iveagh, The flower gatherers, this studio replica is after the original of 1759, now in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the pair to which is in the Timken Gallery, San Diego. The two compositions are now permanently reunited at Kenwood.
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XVIII. The child asleep, by Giosue Argenti. 1867. Marble, 38 by 127 by 59 cm. Purchased by the NHMF on behalf of English Heritage for Brodsworth Hall, 1990. Exhibited at the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865. Part of a large collection of contemporary Italian sculpture installed at Brodsworth in 1867, including works by Giuseppe Lazzarini, Pietro Magni and Pietro Franchi.
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XX. Madame Isaac de Thellusson, by Nicholas de Largillière. 1725. 104 by 137.5 cm. The sitter was the mother of Peter Thellusson who, on his death in 1797, left his estate valued at over £700,000 in trust to earn interest for three generations. Purchased by the NHMF in 1990 as part of the contents of Brodsworth Hall.
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XXI. Mrs Charles Thellusson and her son, Charles, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1803. 246.4 by 142.3 cm. Purchased by the NHMF on behalf of English Heritage. Mrs Thellusson's grandson built Brodsworth Hall, 1861-70. Brodsworth was acquired by the nation in 1990 as the most complete surviving example of a Victorian country house in England.
Western art unattributed:
IX. Eight-Leaf Lacquer Screen, Bearing the Arms of Henrietta Howard, 9th Countess of Suffolk. Chinese (Canton), c.1740. 179 by 48.3 cm. Recorded in the Marble Hill Inventory of 1767 and Probably Removed from the House in 1824; Purchased 1992.
